Root Asus Zenfone 5 KITKAT 4.4.2 (100% work)

[silent_owl]

just from what I see and my experience , any change you/any action of yours makes to any system partitions other than /data and /cache remain unchanged after a factory reset also.
meaning if something is corrupted it doesn't get fixed automatically on factory reset.
for example, I made ES file explorer as a system app and move it to system/app.
and after factory reset I noticed ES file explorer was not removed.

this implies if any of you played with tweaks / some error occurred initially during root process,
those files remain inside the folder.
factory reset doesn't help wither from recovery or settings because it just erases /data and cache.

only work around for this is ,
look at your current firmware version, and download the same or an updated firmware (if u wanna update ) from Asus site.
be careful about WW TW SKU stuffs..you have to get same version.
once downloaded place it in internal memory or SD card .

you will get an option for update available..just proceed with it and this update fixes system files and makes them clean..
then retry rooting.
I'm not 100% sure this could help you, but it does a clean job, I messed with xposed framework and kept having auto reboot issues even after factory reset randomly.
later I found out that the corrupted files were not removed and hence causing issues.


also a possible reason for root failure could be using the latest update ,
someone posted on Asus forums that the latest (late December update ) .40 had a new bootloader and he could not find raw image for it to make proper root and OTA support.
and recomended people to root from .13 version.
but I didn't find any issue rooting on .40

worked like a charm.

Sent from my XT1068 using Tapatalk

Nope, not work.. I guess I have to try for RootZenfone5Kitkat Third Version, Or Downgrade Method:laugh:

And the result is.....
Nope, RootZenfone5Kitkat Third Version isn't work too, only one more option left

 

[Human_dude_007]

u just simply Ctrl + F for Find Next function in your Text Editor by find a ANALOG word...
or i can email the to u...
pls PM me your email address :fingers-crossed:

hey bro,
I have done this but couldn't get proper balance between sound and quality ..I will PM You my email..if possible kindly send me your edited file ,so I could test your setting as you may have already found the optimal value.thnx.

Sent from my XT1068 using Tapatalk

 

[yuu069]

How to root Zenfone5 (TOOJ)with android 4.3 ?

l find a lot of the method to root but its not successful, hope u can help me :crying:

 

[Captain Jack Sparrow]

Hii I've rooted my phone using this method and it was successful but Busybox is not getting installed it says
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So can any1 pls help me?.?
I wanna install Busybox cuz thats needed for other apps too which I wanna use...
Thnx in advance [emoji1]

 

[JaMike007]

Not actually rooted

Hi, successfully done the rooting process as mentioned on the step-by-step procedures. I also check if the app I want to use was granted with SuperUser access (yes, it was granted access), but unfortunately the app (the one I want to use) says that the it wasn't granted rooted access. Please help. The app's name is xModGames.

 

[CAL1BER]

Thanks a ton!

I've been searching for this for a long time. Finally rooted my phone :victory: . Thanks a lot mate! Cheers! :good:

 

[itsmeprabuddha]

Easy Tutorial

Thanks a ton @avvavm ..

 

[burhanudinr]

anyone can help me to solve this ? i'm stuck on this :crying:

sending 'recovery' <13934KB>...
FAILED<command write failed<invalid argument>>..
finished. total time : -0,000s
sending 'update' <883KB>...
FAILED<command write failed<invalid argument>>..
finished. total time 0.001s

and than, hh is stuck on fastboot and cmd too..

thank you

 

[_pr0xy]

not working

MY ASUS ZENFONE 5
ASUS_T00J (A501CG)
PN: A501CG - 1G245WWE

I've tried and download all the necessary files. but it doesn't work for me. the adb is kinda fail, i fix it. but fastboot.exe and sleep.exe were not "recognized"

I have already download and apply two system update and after the 2nd one, my software information is like:

Baseband version
1448_1.4.49.0_1205

Kernel version
3.10.20-262956-gc9aa2f9
[email protected] #1
Mon Dec 8 16:23:31 CST 2014

Build number
ASUS_T00J_WW_user_2.21.40.30_20141208_43
release-keys
044000307_201407220024

And suggestion and help please?

 

[Enzolen]

Wierd

My phone is not listed in the first command prompt and I tried redoing the process but still yielded the same results. Really want my phone rooted. I also downloaded all the necessary things and programs and got the hang of it but my device is not listed when checking the connection of device. Please reply, thanks.

 

[dhanz76]

Thank you verymuch, cool....works 1000% , using a500cg ww. very nice share, thank you :good:

 

[Eduardomb]

anyone can help me to solve this ? i'm stuck on this :crying:

sending 'recovery' <13934KB>...
FAILED<command write failed<invalid argument>>..
finished. total time : -0,000s
sending 'update' <883KB>...
FAILED<command write failed<invalid argument>>..
finished. total time 0.001s

and than, hh is stuck on fastboot and cmd too..

thank you

new firmware can't be rooted using this method

 

[kunalshah912]

Hello guys , I have rooted zenphone 5 and I have managed to update it via OTA and also managed to survive root after update !

 

[dapidc]

rooting after update

Hello guys , I have rooted zenphone 5 and I have managed to update it via OTA and also managed to survive root after update !

Hi, just want to update.

Yesterday I just update my zenphone to 2.21.40.44. Just redoing the rooting process, and success. Only couple glitches when restarting the phone. It was not restarting automatically, and I have to unplug the cable then power it on. --> twice. Both are after writing in recovery mode.

Checked it with TB, and confirm it is now rooted (again). Also successfull when installing busybox.

 

[El Porcharo]

Hi, just want to update.

Yesterday I just update my zenphone to 2.21.40.44. Just redoing the rooting process, and success. Only couple glitches when restarting the phone. It was not restarting automatically, and I have to unplug the cable then power it on. --> twice. Both are after writing in recovery mode.

Checked it with TB, and confirm it is now rooted (again). Also successfull when installing busybox.

I was successful too, a couple of weeks ago when the phone updated to 2.21.40.44... But suddenly yesterday I found out that root where gone and SuperSU was not able to reinstall binaries!

After a little bit of googling, last night I have downloaded RootZenPhone5KitKatV3 and I'm going to try again tonight!

 

[kunalshah912]

I was successful too, a couple of weeks ago when the phone updated to 2.21.40.44... But suddenly yesterday I found out that root where gone and SuperSU was not able to reinstall binaries!

After a little bit of googling, last night I have downloaded RootZenPhone5KitKatV3 and I'm going to try again tonight!

What I did before updating is , I opened super su app and made it in pro , then ticked the option called survive OTA update , then updated via OTA , and it worked

 

[fcsprovenzano]

What was the fastboot file/version you used?

I got this message while writing recovery:

(bootloader) secure device
(bootloader) unsigned image
FAILED (remote: not allowed to update unsigned image on secure device)
finished. total time: 3.837s

 

[donetus]

Update on the issue below:
I managed to get the RootZenFone5Kitkat v4 from this link ..
.. I ran the Root-ZenFone, waited for a few minutes and root process was successful.

btw, i have the WW version.

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i've installed the update via OTA successfully and ran RootZenFone5KitKat v3 but it gets stuck on the image below



on the 2nd time that it restarted, it only went to "Update(Droidboot) Mode" and it's just stuck there .. so i'm assuming that the root process wasn't complete

I was successful too, a couple of weeks ago when the phone updated to 2.21.40.44... But suddenly yesterday I found out that root where gone and SuperSU was not able to reinstall binaries!

After a little bit of googling, last night I have downloaded RootZenPhone5KitKatV3 and I'm going to try again tonight!

 

[Arjun Kumar 0207]

I tried installing Intel driver but it is saying "This OS is not Supported-Windows". What shall I do? I m using Windows 8.1.

 

[donetus]

you can get the Asus ZenFone5 driver from this link

I tried installing Intel driver but it is saying "This OS is not Supported-Windows". What shall I do? I m using Windows 8.1.